Re:Ask HN: A maths textbook from Arithmetic to 1st year CS?
by albertsun on Monday May 10, 2010 @10:57AM
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After arithmetic, the typical order of classes (The ones I took, and the one I believe most often taught in American schools) goes like this:
Algebra
Geometry
More Advanced Algebra
Trigonometry
Calculus
I don't have any book recommendations and I don't know of any books that would cover all those topics. There are many books on algebra however, and I don't think it will particularly matter which one you use. It should get you up to speed very quickly.
The other topics are probably less important for intro CS. I don't think I ever used calculus or trig for any CS classes. Very basic geometry might be used as examples.
Algebra Geometry More Advanced Algebra Trigonometry Calculus
I don't have any book recommendations and I don't know of any books that would cover all those topics. There are many books on algebra however, and I don't think it will particularly matter which one you use. It should get you up to speed very quickly.
The other topics are probably less important for intro CS. I don't think I ever used calculus or trig for any CS classes. Very basic geometry might be used as examples.